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So some context is needed here. I work in a small office. We have maybe 25 people in the office who work there regularly. One of them, Susan, is a distinctly unpleasant person to be around and to work with. I sit two desks away from her. I've been there for almost two years, and in that time, this 59 year old woman has always treated me with disrespect. (I'm 26.) Some of our coworkers say that she's just a product of her time, when older people routinely look down on younger people, but I call major BS on that. Anyway. Our office is also physically narrow and I am not a small woman. I'm 5'9" or so. I'm not skinny, so my butt is a little big, and my hips are wide. After over a year of her disrespect, I decided to fight back.

I made use of my wide hips and big butt. I hip check her chair every time I walk past her. (She is ALWAYS sticking her chair over the entire aisle, even when there's another person sitting behind her. We've repeatedly asked her to not do that, but she does anyway.) One day, I heard her say "She did that on purpose!" I thought that at least she was beginning to get the message. I kept hip checking her chair.

More recently, I was standing behind my chair getting ready to leave after a long day, and I was blocking the walkway. It was mostly deserted in the office, and the only people there were in another room, so I stood behind my chair and did my thing. Susan comes up to my left (and I'm standing between her and the exit). She stands there for two full minutes at least, not bothering to ask my to move. Our floor manager, Lawrence, comes up next to her.

Susan: Lawrence, I can't get through!

Before he had a chance to say anything, I raised my voice, but did not yell.

Me: You know Susan, there is such a phrase as 'excuse me please'. If you'd use it, I would be more than happy to let you by.

It was that moment when our boss's boss, Alex, comes up, not having heard a word.

Alex: Excuse me. Pardon me.

I smile at him at let him pass, then I blocked Susan from leaving for about 60 more seconds. It was satisfying when Lawrence was laughing and she was fuming.

In my last department, most of my co-workers were in the 50-70 range. About half of them were awesome, they taught me everything I know, and I taught them some tips and tricks with the computer. The other half, not so much. Couldn’t be bothered to train me, dead seat in their ways, asked me to fix stuff for them but wouldn’t even try to learn for themselves. It’s not so much the age as it is the attitude. Keep being awesome!

Reading this makes me sad, but I, too, find myself disappointed with my own generation. When the hell did we get so entitled? Rest assured we're not all rude and set in our ways.

I was about 40 when I started working in a school (great job to have as a mum) doing tech support for them. My best teachers (in terms of knowing about and being able to use computers) were two of the oldest teachers in the school!

Not so much insulting, as it diminishes us. I'm 48, so gettting to that age myself. I feel no different in my head than when I was 28, same sense of humour, same everything. I can have a laugh with anyone. I'm currently looking for work. The fact someone might not want to hire me because women my age are seen as a bit holier than though, humourless old Trout, really damages.

I think it is tough because when we hire older people it is hoped for that they have lots of experience and are past all of the young person immaturities so it is especially noticed when it turns out that they are not.

That said, no matter the age, I think the 1 in 5 rule holds regardless. 1 in 5 hires are going to be great employees.

We just hired an older woman and she is top notch, very smart, very organized, and learns new computer systems like it’s fun. The last 3 older woman we had, one was a fraud (had a younger one too), one could not figure out a computer, one got pissed and walked out one day (never did find out exactly why).

Just makes the contrast more noticeable IME. Last job I had the only person who could seem to apply themselves to do every aspect of the job without needing to stand around, spend an age on their phone or just gossip was a woman of a similar age to yourself. Expected Karen, got Patty instead thankfully....

I'm in my 50s and I expect it, much like millenials expect to hear that they are whiny and lazy - when in fact they aren't (quite the opposite) and I'm not a heartless, gay hating, non tipping, pearl clutching boomer. People can think what they like.. I'll be over here being me.

Assholes come in all shapes, sizes, genders and ages. I dont think calling 1 person an ass, regardless of combination of those traits, makes anyone that isnt that one asshole feel insulted, even with a similar combination of traits.

Nothing wrong with telling someone to respect there elders. They have lived much longer and have more life experience then younger kids who think they know it all and show no respect because they have such huge egos that they practically sweat it out when trying to convince themselves there right about the idiotic things they say and do. It's unfortunate, because older generations were never that egotistical and disrespectful towards there elders, they actually showed respect and manners. All the kids today know is technology and complaining, most defiantly products of there time and how spoiled they are because they have everything we never had.

"Respect your elders" does not give the elders right to "disrespect your juniors." At the end of the day, we're all human beings deserving of the same basic level of respect. If an elder can't respect me as a person, why would I respect them back as a person, much less an authority?

I understand that you might have been raised this way, and pardon my language, but just because they’re an elder doesn’t mean they’re not a dumbass. Old or young a dumbass is still a dumbass. Maturity comes with experience and yes older people may have more experiences, but that doesn’t mean they took the right lessons out of those experiences. I have nothing against elders, but if we lived life the same way as our parents we would still be cave men. Times change and it forces people to change too. If you can’t keep up with it than you just become a drag on society. Hate me or not, but it’s my opinion.

I also am 50 + woman and lead in my office. I've trained 2 girls in past months. 1 is 29 and awesome. Other is 21 and a little snot. I maintain professionalism and politeness ( it's a sticking point with me, politeness ) and she throws tantrums every other day. Unfortunately, sometimes it is an older worker...but sometimes it's the young ones too. Takes everything I have some days, believe me.

Edited to add: her tantrums include screaming at customers and hanging up on them pretty much daily, when I ask her to do something she tells me she is not my middle man and hanging up on coworkers in the field or leaving them on hold for 20 mins til they hang up and laughing about it afterwards and how she knew she'd 'win the contest'.

These kinds of people grew up in an environment where “respect your elders” came with the connotation of “disrespect your juniors”. It’s not strictly a time thing- there are still parents now that use age and nothing else as justification for treating their children like subhumans.

If you are crap in every way but age, you expect people to "respect their elders." If you are worthy of respect, you show respect until someone shows you a lack of respect or a reason not to respect them. Source: 44 years old.

I have a coworker who is 70+ and she's a huuuugee bitch. She puts her work off onto you, she will bully and scream at you, and thinks because shes old she's entitled to do what she wants. A few times she has actually grabbed me and hurt me.

Well that sucks. I'm sorry you have to deal with that. The one good thing about Susan is that she's too much of a wimp to put her hands on me.

A different toxic former coworker almost got into a fist fight with me. Her name is Amy (but don't get me started on her). Lawrence stopped it before I could hurt her or she could hurt me. Later, I overheard another coworker (Angie) say that she wouldn't bet against me in a fight, so that's something

It's all good, thank you. Truthfully, it's only Susan, Amy, and Elizabeth that I truly have issues with. Amy, luckily, no longer works with me and management has blacklisted her. And it's odd. I don't like to fight, and the only times I've ever actually hit people, it was because they were being Anti Semitic. (I'm Jewish.) And even that was only after they'd been on a half hour long tirade where he even told me that he wished my grandparents would die from cancer. Little did he know that my Bubbe (grandmother) had just been diagnosed with the cancer that killed her. After that, I didn't take it from anyone

Oh, this brings back memories of my late MIL! She would stand with hands on hips and stare expectantly. If you didn't take the hint, the state became a glare. Then she would say something charming, like "Get up and let me have that chair." Fortunately, she never tried that exact one with me. I got sweetisms like, "I'll always be his mother -- you may NOT always be his wife." And "He (our son) didn't get that nose from THIS side of the family!" Ah, those were the days.
She had been treated like a princess or queen her whole life. I had obviously never encountered royalty and refused to observe protocol!

Product of their time. At 59 that is born in 1960 and lived through civil rights era on TV and coming of age in the 1980's and coming to power in the 90's and 2000's. A product of that time has no excuse not to know better.

Exactly. You've got it in one. She's also a compulsive liar. Check this crap out.

When I first met her (and several times since), she's told a story about her sky trip to Aspen Colorado in the early nineties. She's with her friend (who she never actually named, so here, she'll be Maria) in Aspen. They're waiting in line for the ski lift and Maria spots a woman, tall and thin, standing alone about 15 feet away, standing all alone. Maria wanted to go and talk to her, because she looked like a ski instructor. Susan stopped her because it was (allegedly) Princess Diana.

I told this story to my father in law (an ex navy seal from South Africa) and he doesn't believe it either. I mean, why would she go to Aspen if she had the option of skying in the Alps? And as a royal, she would NEVER have been standing alone like that

Thank you! I'll be sure to post updates if anything else happens with Susan or another coworker. I work with a few..."colorful characters". (Read: I work with a bunch of nice people, but there are a few that are jerks in a big way)